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By the time you read this, I will be 40 meters up…
By the time you read this, I will be somewhere in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, literally closer to satellites than land. And if you choose to join the six of us, these past few weeks and the ones still to come will have been worth it.
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Aldi commits to Detox
Aldi, one of the top ten retailers in the world, has joined the Detox movement and committed to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from their textile products by January 1st, 2020.
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Posted: Good news for forests!
Today, 3M – the company behind the iconic yellow Post-It Notes – announced a new sustainable paper buying policy. This comes after years of campaigning by our friends at ForestEthics with recent support from Greenpeace.
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Krill-gotten gains to fund Antarctic research
Scientific research and conservation need more cash. That's sadly usually true. It's especially the case in the Antarctic where research is expensive but absolutely essential given the massive environmental changes happening there.
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Will you Stand for the Boreal Forest?
Most people have heard about the Amazon rainforest and how we desperately need to protect it.
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Food movement on the march
I joined the march against agribusiness in Berlin on Saturday, 17 January. It is too easy to be blasé about yet another demonstration. However, the large turnout of tens of thousands of people of all ages during a winter day was good for me.
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Tropical deforestation is bad news – the science keeps telling us
This month, a major review of the impacts of tropical deforestation on agriculture makes clear the link between tropical deforestation, changes in temperature, rainfall patterns and subsequent risks to food production.
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10 reasons why reindeer are the coolest animals in the Arctic
Reindeer and caribou are two names for the same species (Rangifer tarandus), with 'reindeer' generally referring to the domesticated variety that are herded by humans and pull sleds.
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Lidl commits to Detox!
Lidl, the world’s second largest discount supermarket, made a commitment to eliminate all hazardous chemicals from its textile production by 1 January, 2020! To give you an idea of the scale of this news, Lidl alone sells over one billion euros worth of textiles every year and is now amongst the top ten biggest fashion retailers in Germany.
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Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise detained in Spain following oil protest
Lanzarote, Spain, 18 November 2014 - The Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise has today been detained by Spanish authorities in the port of Arrecife, Lanzarote, following last Saturday's peaceful protest by Greenpeace against oil drilling by Repsol, in the Canary Islands.
